All You Need To Know About 2022 FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony

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2022 FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony

Here we show you all the details about the opening ceremony of 2022 FIFA World Cup

This year’s FIFA World Cup is one of the most controversial events in sports history. Nevertheless, football’s biggest stage is all set to entertain every sports fan in the world.

The opening ceremony of every world cup has been special but 2010 World Cup ceremony hits different with the arguably the best ever World Cup song ever made. Of course, we are talking about Wavin’ Flag which was sung by K’naan.

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Ceremony Details

  • Date: Sunday, November 20
  • Venue: Al Bayt Stadium
  • Time: 7:30 PM IST
  • Live Stream: Jio Cinema (India)

The 2022 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony will commence on Sunday, November 20. It is expected to start at 7:30 PM IST (2 PM GMT). The ceremony will be followed by the opening game of the tournament which will be held between Qatar and Ecuador at 9:00 PM IST.

The ceremony will take place at Al Bayt Stadium (capacity of 60,000 seats) in Al Khor. Al Bayt was one of the stadiums built for the World Cup and it will host six group games, a round of 16 match and a semi-final in this tournament.

What will happen at the opening ceremony?

On November 12, BTS’ official Twitter account announced that their star singer Jungkook would be one of the performers at Sunday’s opening ceremony.

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He also tweeted that he would be contributing to the tournament’s official soundtrack. The tweet read: “Proud to announce that Jung Kook is part of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Soundtrack & will perform at the World Cup opening ceremony. Stay tuned!”

This is the only information we hold right now.

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Shyam Sharma who joined SPORTS BIG NEWS in 2021. Focuses on soccer – chiefly the Premier League, LaLiga, UEFA Champions League, Liga MX and MLS. On occasion, also covers American sports, general news and entertainment. Fascinated by the language of sport – particularly the under-appreciated art of translating cliché-speak.